‘Family Matters’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Reginald VelJohnson, Jaleel White and More
usmagazine.comDays go by. The feel-good sitcom Family Matters premiered on September 22, 1989, and is perhaps best remembered for the family patriarch Carl Winslow’s (Reginald VelJohnson) feud with his nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel (Jaleel White).Although White was initially supposed to appear in just one episode of the ABC series, he was an instant hit with audiences and ended up joining the main cast.
Despite the warm welcome from viewers at home, the Big Show Show alum didn’t always feel the love from his castmates.“It’s very important that I say this: I was not very well welcomed to the cast at all, okay?” the California native said during a March 2021 appearance on TV One’s Uncensored. “And I don’t need to rehash that with the adults over and over again.
They know what it is.”The voice actor went on to claim that VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton, who played Harriette Winslow, didn’t approve of him donning a dress to play Steve’s cousin Myrtle Urkel.“They let me know I was not doing our race a service by putting on that yellow dress.
But everybody has a default. Do you crumble? Do you wilt under pressure? Do you rise? Do you surprise yourself? My default tends to be to take it up a notch.
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